[Cialug] Upgrade questions

[David Champion]

Pretty much all of the RedHat derived systems, including Suse and 
Mandriva, rely on doing full OS updates fairly frequently. Major 
packages don't usually get version updates, only patches and backports.

Debian does relatively few OS updates, and lets you update package 
versions more easily.

I have had mixed sucess with updating versions on RH / Mandriva systems. 
My advice would be to set up a test box and do the updates as you plan 
to do on the live box.

I've had the best luck with doing a fresh install of the new OS, and 
restoring content form a backup.

-dc

Stuart Thiessen wrote:
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> Can you explain how Debian differs from other distributions in this 
> regard? To be honest, I have only used Red Hat (6.x) and SuSE, so that 
> is all I am familiar with. I did play around with Knoppix recently after 
> hearing about it, but that is about it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Stuart
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> On Dec 20, 2005, at 14:32, James Shoemaker wrote:
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>> Stuart Thiessen wrote:
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>>> Ok, then, for an ideal system, how would you structure things (locations
>>> on HD, process of how you would do the backups, updates, etc.) so that
>>> you can update it properly on the OS / software side while keeping
>>> configurations and personal data safe as well as keeping aware of where
>>> software has changed significantly enough that you have to migrate
>>> configuration data to a new format (e.g., Apache 1.x to Apache 2.x)?
>>>
>>> I'm asking so that I can learn best practices.  This way, if my set up
>>> isn't the best way, then when I am ready to update to a new version of
>>> Linux, then I can set it up better.
>>>
>>> Any advice from you pros?  :)
>>
>>
>>     Use Debian? (Ducking and running away)
>>
>>     Seriously, Debian handles upgrading, including between versions 
>> rather
>> well.
>>
>> James
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